announcement: Approved 1-31-19
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January 31, 2019
TO:  UWRF Colleagues
RE:  Off-Campus, University-Sanctioned Event
FROM:  Sonja L. Maki, Plant & Earth Science Department
The Plant & Earth Science Department is sponsoring an off-campus activity and a student in your course might miss class time.  The offices of the Provost and the Associate Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs require that students provide this notice to you no later than one week prior to their scheduled activity to be in compliance with appropriate policies.  Your consideration in allowing them to complete course assignments and work in compliance with these university’s policies* is appreciated.  Thank you for your support and cooperation.  Additional details are below.
Dates & Times: Thursday, February 21, 2019 from 9:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Activity: Wagner’s Greenhouse Tour, 6024 Penn Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN
Academic Rationale for Absence: Students in the HORT 420 Floriculture class will learn how specialty floral crops and bedding plants are grown for the greenhouse industry. They will observe germination rooms in operation, automatic seeding, robotic transplanting, LED and other lighting, IPM management, large scale greenhouse operations and some retail operations which directly relates to the crops they are producing in the laboratory portion of the course.
Faculty Contact Information:
1.	Campus Address:  306 Agricultural Science Building
2.	Office Phone Number:  715-425-4292
3.	Email: [log in to unmask]
Participating Students:
1.	Emily Anciaux
2.	Zach Beyer
3.	Vanessa Boumeeter
4.	Alexander Brand
5.	Kendra Carlson
6.	Kelly Conley
7.	Ryan Derleth
8.	Jordan Gretzlock
9.	Samantha Haston
10.	Sierra Hau
11.	Abigail Hogan
12.	Austyn Holschbach
13.	Lucy Kailhofer
14.	Emily Kolbe
15.	Kevin Link
16.	Trent Mahoney
17.	Leah Myers
18.	Max Nissen
19.	Matthew Olson
20.	Cassidy Peterson
21.	Kirsten Sendelbach
22.	Madeline Singer
23.	Erika Thompson


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